Early one morning...

It's not a bad city - early in the morning. Quite pretty in fact.

She did it

And now my baby is a fully qualified physiotherapist. Years of hard work - well done and well done to all the supporters - friends and family.

At Last!

Well the work has started to build the studio - after all that time sorting out what we would do - getting the permits - twice - and an affordable price - well almost - but you get what you pay for in this world. After storing my things under tarpaulins for over a year it's not surprising there was a bit of damage - heartbreaking but so it goes. Moving the goods was the first step - and thank you Ben for the loan of the garage and under the house and yes kindness is helping me store stuff.



Then the demolition could start......
and they chose our first 39 degree day of the summer to work in.


Current building practice is impressive - hardly anything goes to landfill - recycle reuse... the bricks will be built into the new walls, the old doors will grace the new studio, the concrete broken up and recycled, timber reclaimed where possible - wow different to the days when it all went to the tip - out of sight and out of mind.



Then the phoenix can rise from the rubble and my kiln can come home and start work again. A work place of my own again. Joy!

UN climate Trackers

Visit A Climate For Change

Annual Exhibition

Now it's uploaded to youtube it should save some space and be shareable. :-)

Merimbula in May

It's nearly winter and everything is lit in silver. Merimbula is still warmer than Melbourne - milder than most places in Australia it seems. It was good having a few days there and unwinding after the stressful business of still not having the studio built.

And Merimbula held many treasures - the Lake board walk with pelicans and other fisher folk enjoying the evening; the mangroves dancing lightly over the mud; the kayak on Wallagoot Lake where the sheltered side of the lake lured us out into the chop on the other side to battle it back against a bit of a wind.

A great break - thank you Shirley - now back to work!

Shirley's Exhibition

The exhibition is at Bulleen Art and Garden. It's a great place for the ceramics with the garden just outside.



Lots of friends and family turned up for the opening and deservedly - the bowls are beautiful - and there may not be too many more in the future - they are getting harder to make, even though the forms keep getting better.


And it's great to share the joy of making things.